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grumblingly

grumblingly adverb: while or as if grumbling.

Adverb

grumblingly (comparative more grumblingly, superlative most grumblingly)

  1. While or as if grumbling
    • But they went off disappointed, and grumblingly.1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
    • This threat being dramatically capped by the click of a cocking pistol, 'Frisco Kid obeyed and went grumblingly back to the cockpit. "1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler

Examples of grumblingly in a sentence

  • Amy grumblingly agreed to give the stream another chance to behave itself.1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, Left Tackle Thayer:
  • He looked down at her, and her eagreness softened him, so that he took her by the hand and said grumblingly, 'Oh well, if it means so much to you, come along.'1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 78:

Forms of grumblingly

comparativemore grumblingly
superlativemost grumblingly

Origin of grumblingly

From grumbling + -ly.

Questions about grumblingly

What does grumblingly mean?
Grumblingly means while or as if grumbling.
How do you use grumblingly in a sentence?
Amy grumblingly agreed to give the stream another chance to behave itself.
What part of speech is grumblingly?
Grumblingly is an adverb.

Words near grumblingly in the dictionary

  1. grumbletonian
  2. grumbletonians
  3. grumblier
  4. grumbliest
  5. grumbling
  6. grumblingly
  7. grumblings
  8. grumbly
  9. grume
  10. grumes
  11. grumichama

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